Shipping-case for burial-caskets



(No Model.)

C. 0. FORBIS. SHPING CASE POR BURIAL GASKBTS.

UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 0, FORBlS, 0F MQLEANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SHIPPiNG-CASE FOR sfu RIAL-cAsKl-:Ts

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,714, dated January 25, 1898.

Application filed July 26, 1897. Serial No. 646,007. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. FORBIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Leansville, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Gase for Burial-Gaskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping-cases for burial-caskets, its object being to provide a case which will protect the casket during transportation or storage and which is provided with a hinged bottom to which the casket is attached to move therewith for the purpose of exhibiting the casket when desired.

With this object in view the invention consists of the several details of construction and combination of parts, as'will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed. out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the case, showing the hinged bottom lowered and the casket in position for exhibition. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the case closed. Fig. 3 is an inside plan View of the bottom of the case, the casket being removedA` and the sides and top of the oase being shown in section.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

1 indicates the oase, and 2 the hinged bot, tom, to which are attached the cross strips or cleats 3. 4 indicates the casket, which rests upon the cleatsor strips 3 and is fastened to the bottom by screws which pass through the bottom of the case into the bottom of the cashet in the usual manner. In 'order to carryv out my invention, the bottom 2 will fit within the two sides 5 of the case and also within one end l(i. The other end 7 ofthe casing is out away to form a seat for the end of the bottom, in order that the outer surface of the bottom may be flush with the edges of the sides 5 and end 6 when the bottom is in its closed position.

8 indicates perforated ears secured to the sides 5 in any suitable manner, and 9 is a rod which extends through the perforations in the ears 8 across the case in such manner as to engage the inner surface of the bottom. The rod will be secured against endwise movement in any suitable manner.

lment with the end 7.

10 indicates staples which embrace the rod low the rod 9 may move freely within the case,

in order to permit the bottom to be swung down to a horizontal position, as indicated n Fig. 1. On the inner faces of the sides 5 are secured two bloc-ks 10, which are adapted to engage the inner face of the bottom when it is in closed position, and these blocks serve as stops to limit the inward movement of the bottom.

l1 indicates ahinge one leaf of which is secured tothebottom and the other leaf to the end of an arm 12 in such manner that when the bottom is closed the arm 12 may lie flat against the outer surface of the end 7.

'13 indicates a pin which is secured in the end '7 and is adapted to enter an opening 14 in the arm 12. The pin should fit tightly into the opening in order to cause enough friction to normally hold the arm 12 in close engage- It is obvious that other locking devices may be employed to hold the arm 12 in position, and it is also obvious that instead of having a separate arm secured to the leaf of the hinge said leaf may be of sufficient length and bent at a right angle to t against the surface of the' end 6.

W'hen inthe position indicated in Fig. 2, the arm 12 and the pivot-rod 9 will serve to hold the bottom securely in position, and no other fastening devices willbe absolutely necessary for this purpose, although it is my intention to sometimes use screws extending through the sides into the edges of the bottom to afford additional security during transportation. These screws can be easily removed by the dealer to permit the bottom to swing down. Vhen it is desired to exhibit the casket, the arm 12 will be released from its locking devices, and the bottom will then be free to be turned on the rod 9 into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the arm will swing down to a vertical position and serve as a leg to support the outer end of the bottom. When in this position, the casket can be inspected on all sides. ln returning the IOO bottom to its closed position those portions of the bottom and the casket which are Within the case Wi11,by their Weight, aid in swinging the `bottom on the pivot-rod 9, and it will not require much exertion to close the bottom.

It Will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- A shipping-.oase for burial-Gaskets provided with a bottom hinged intermediate its ends within the sides and one end of the case, the other end of the case being cut away to form a seat for the end of the bottom, combined my own have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHAS. 0. FORBIS.

yNitnessesz f A. G.`KIRKMAN, WV. P. RAGAN. 

